Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '20 at 21:19
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 674 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2287) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 168 Parallax 166 143% 170 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 151 Splatting 113 119% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 435 435 425 433 434 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,510 Write 2,219 Mixed 1,510 SusWrite 485 374% 1,681 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 81.8 288% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,007 DQ Write 1,047 DQ Mixed 1,136 824% 1,064 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 302%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$180 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 162GB free Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 197 198 180 189 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 244 Mixed 272 SusWrite 184 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44.6 174% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 234 185% 258 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 314GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 483 427 402 402 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 476 Mixed 421 SusWrite 433 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60.4 206% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 264 225% 330 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 760GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 395 394 395 396 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 371 Write 386 Mixed 330 SusWrite 395 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 46.4 160% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 247 185% 246 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 121%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free Firmware: PPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 194 196 200 199 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 393 Write 199 Mixed 227 SusWrite 198 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 26.2 95% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 84.5 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 60.4 49% 69 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.3% Good	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 18.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 21.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 114%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	672x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	165x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	141x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16